Bivied on the glacier the night before near the Torino hut. I had an amazing nights sleep which sadly wasn't the case for Robby. Had a rather long walk in across the glacier to the foot of the route involving traversing under some small seracs and a gnarly step over onto the rock. Set off with some enthusiasm but swiftly ended off route up some hard jamming cracks which led to a quick debate followed by an abseil retreat. MPSBunny - Lead dnf - 21/Aug/13 with Robby Pineda

Walked from aguille du midi early cable car, easy walk down across col du midi. Overtook one group on climb. Stayed in taccon hut after. We were last group down, and every other group got ropes jammed and were helped by following groups. Kept abseils short and were careful to avoid jams. MichaelGallimore - AltLd O/S - 13/Jul/13 with Bern hardman, Nigel

Direct start beneath seracs which were quite threatening and there was a lot of debris where we geared up. Start from E Face was impossible due to deep rimaye. Rappel down the route is tricky due to shallow angle and most raps were kept to 0m to avoid rope jams. Great route but longer than expected. Slog back to the Midi is a complete ball buster.Stuart Johnston - AltLd O/S - 15/Aug/12 with Misha Gopaul